The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-07-16
PERSONAL AND eENERAL.

at Arlington, N. j.. were demolished by
an explosion on the 9TH. Two persons
were killed and several others wounded.
A REPORT comes from Paris that the
Pope recently committed himself In favor
of restoration to France Of Alsace-
Lorraine.
WORD has been received from Cali
fornia announcing the death, in the
northern part of tho State, of Daniel
Emmons, who was treasurer of Everett,
Mass, until seven years ago, when he
fled, leaving a deficiency in his accounts
of thirty thousand dollars.
MGR PERsIco and Mgr. Gualdi, sent by
the Pope to inquire into the situation in
Ireland, arrived at Dublin on the 18th.
FIRE in the Quebec barracks on the Tth
was extinguished just in time to prevent
the powder magazines exploding. The
loss is $4,000. There was great excite
ment throughout the city.
JAMES q. BLAINE left for London for
Edinburgh on the 18th in royal style.
TWELVE large Havana CUBA firms
have gone into bankruptcy, including
Casa Ibanez Sandoval. The failures have
caused panic.
| A TERRIBLE mine disaster occurred on
the evening of the 7th in the Sturgeon
River mine at Metropolitan, Mich. A mum
Der of miners had just got b.ast ready
when water rushed into the mine so fast
that many could not escape. Eight
Italians are known to be IN the mine and
are surely dead.
A FEW weeks since fourteen tramps
were arrested near Canton, o., where
they had terrorized farmers for several
days. They were subsequently indicted
under the tramp law and a test case was
made. They were found guilty on the
9TH, and twelve of them were sentenced
to one years. Imprisonment each in the
! leaitentiary.
| OSCAR NJ. KELLY, who shot and killed
his wife at Mccoy, Ore, about six weeks
ago, was taken from the Jail at Dllles at
two o'clock on the morning of the 9TH, by
a mob, and hanged. On first hearing the
mob Kelly broke his lamp and cut his
neck, wrist and ankles, and was rapidly
bleeding to death when seiz I'd.
DIR. NORTH, of Peru, Ind, who was shot
by Christanson, is dead
THE National Council. of Educators was
in session at Chicago on the Sth.
JoHN SWIFT, aged twenty-five, shot and
killed his wife Katie, at Hartford, Conn,
on the 7th He had been separated from
her some months because of her refusal
10 longer stand his abuse. He was ar
rested
Mr.. PowDERLY is out in letter de-
nounOing grain and stock brokers.
A FARMHOUSE at Ardenhoe, Buteshire
Scotland, was destroyed by fire on the
night of the 9TH, and three women and
four men servants were burned.
GEORGIA is scandalized by revelations OF
the horrors Of her convict lease system.
BEN HALLIDAY died at Portland, Ore,
on the evening Of the Sth, after lingering
painlessly for forty-eight hours. His
body will probably be buried there.
PRINCE FERDINAND has accepted the
election of himself as Prince of Bulgaria
The indications are that Russia will op
pose his taking the throne. set
The jury in the Jimmy Carroll case al
Galesburg, ILL.,, returned verdict O.
guilty on the Sth, and fixed the punish
ment at twelve years in the penitentiary
Carroll is the last of the celebrated
Farmers and Mechanics Bank robbers Il
be punished.
The Bulgarian Cabinet has resigned
consequent upon disputes between tn
regents and the ministers 1t is believed
Toutcheff, president Of the Sobranje, will
become Premier. -
THE National Rubber Works at Bristol
.R L, on account of the large amount o
manufactured goods on hand, has sus
pended work for an indefinite period
Twelve hundred operatives are thu
thrown out Of work .s
1T is stated at Cl eveland that Miss Mo-
lie Garfield, only daughter of the lat
President James Garfield, is engage
to be married to ]. Stanley Brown, who
it will be remembered, was her father
private secretary during his brief caree
in the presidential office.
SEVENTEEN lives were lost and half
million dollars worth of property d.
stroyed by fire lat Hurley, Wis, whic
started on the night of the 9th in tn
Alcazar Theater, during performance.
The latest news from Stanley the A.
rican explorer, is that he is on journe
from Leopollvlle to Lonkolela. He en-
countered and had to overcome seriou
obstacles. One of the gravest difflcultie
was to replenish his commissary.
The annual convention OF the Union O
American Hebrew Congregations will b
held in Pittsburgh, Pa, commencin
Tuesday, the 18th inst.
= A TERRIBLE scourge is raging on Cool
burn Island, Lake Huron The diseas
broke out several days ago, and fror
= Friday to Tuesday of last week min
deaths had occurred, and the mortalit
was seeming y on the increase. Tn
disease is supposed to be diphtheri'
There is no doctor on the island and th
8 inhabitants are fleeing for their lives.
STELLA WILLIAMS, colored woma
I living at McDonalds, Pa, with Levi
, Walker, coal miner, also colored sht
and killed the latter on the evening of tn
5 7th because he threatened to leave he
The woman was arrested and taken to tn
county Jail at Washington.
!, GeoRGE E. RITTER and Frank f. Green
9 of Brookville, Kas., we o indicted by II
. United states grand jury at Topeka @
e the 9Th, for senling obscene literatur
: through the mails. They pleaded guilt
q and were sentenced to three years eaC
in the penitentiary.
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